Eucharist Question

[fhkjds]

Can somebody please tell me, at what point in the mass, and with precisely which words, do the bread and wine become the body and blood?

 

[twopekinguys]

Can somebody please tell me, at what point in the mass, and with precisely which words, do the bread and wine become the body and blood?

The bread and wine become the body and blood after the words of consecration. These are the words that Jesus spoke at the Last supper. This is my body…, This is my blood…

The words are found in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark. They are also found in 1 Corinthians.

Hope this helps.

 

[fhkjds]

Thanks. So when he says “This is my body” the bread becomes flesh, and then when he says “this is my blood,” the wine becomes blood?

Just want to clarify if it is right at that point. Thanks for the reply.

 

[WetCatechumen]

In Latin theology, once the priest has said, “This is my body,” the bread ceases to be there and Christ’s Body remains. When he says, “This is the chalice of my blood,” the wine ceases to be there and Christ’s Blood remains.

In Eastern Christian theology, it becomes Christ’s Body and Blood at the point of the epiclesis, which is not explicit in the Roman Canon, but is in the other Eucharistic Prayers (II-III).

We must not forget that our Holy Father Benedict XVII, as Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, approved an Assyrian liturgy as valid, even though it lacked the Words of Institution.

It is more complex than Latin theology allows for. I myself view the whole of the Eucharistic prayer as the moment when Christ becomes present, hence why I kneel from the beginning to the end of the consecration.

 

[twopekinguys]

Thanks. So when he says “This is my body” the bread becomes flesh, and then when he says “this is my blood,” the wine becomes blood?

Just want to clarify if it is right at that point. Thanks for the reply.

Yes, that’s correct.

 

[Victorious]

Thanks. So when he says “This is my body” the bread becomes flesh, and then when he says “this is my blood,” the wine becomes blood?

Just want to clarify if it is right at that point. Thanks for the reply.

Jesus said that His Flesh is meat indeed, and His Blood is drink indeed, and that unless we eat His Flesh and drink His Blood, we shall not have life within us. And yet, having implanted in us a deep-seated horror of cannibalism, He knew that we can’t just gnaw on human flesh and drink human blood. So it is the substance of the bread and wine that becomes the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus. Jesus is truly present in the Sacred Species, although the Species still retain their accidents or outward characteristics: they still look, smell, feel and taste like bread and wine, although they are no longer really bread and wine.